The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1887-05-06

not also collect III ana ulStr1Dute III among
particular classes of people in order t.
equalize their fortunes and thus accom-
plish all that Socialism and Communism
are demanding? There is so little diff
suits between a paternal government
and a mob government that it is no
worth while to express a preference fo
| one over the other. We must OppOs'
| both or we must abandon all that oul
party has contended for in the past anC
relinquish all 1t has hoped for in the fu
| ture.
PLEDGED To REVENUE REFORM.
Referring to party lines he said: The
Democratic party stands pledged in ths
most solemn manner to revise the tariff
reduce revenue and tighten the burden:
of the people. Upon their pledges, clearly
and distinctly made, it appealed To the
people in 1872, and secured the popular
majority of more than 250.O00 over it,
Republican adversaries. Upon this
pledge it elected the President in 1884
and it is bound by every consideration OF
party policy, of public interests and of
good faith to the people, to stand by that
pledge" Great applause.
THE PRESIDENT.
Referring to- sIr. Cleveland, Mr.. Car
Isle said:
THE country will he very fortunate If
it can always secure the services of an
Executive so thoroughly devoted to the
real interests of the people and so just
and impartial in the execution of the
laws as the present one is.
DISCUSSING THE PI ATFORM.
The Convention resumed its session this
morning with Mr.. Carlisle in the chair.
The discussion on the resolutions and
platform was at once taken up. Con-
gressman Taulbee objected to the clause
relating To President Clevelands veto of
the Pension bill and there was a
lively discussion between Mr.. Taulbee
and James Mckenzie, the present Secre-
tary of State. Mr.. Taulbee was finally
sat upon by the Convention and the res
olutions as given below.
The ticket was completed by the nomi-
nation of James w. Bryan, of CovingtOn,
Lieutenant Governor: T.. w. Hardin,
Mercer County, Attorney General; Gen.
Lafayette Hewitt. Hardin, Auditor:
Richard Tate. Franklin, Treasurer.
j. ID. Pickett, of Fayette County, was
nominated for Superintendent of Public
instruction.: Thomas Corbett, of Me
Cracken County, for Register IF the
Land Office. All of the above with the
ant Governor are the incumbents of the
offices for which they were nominated.
The convention adjourned sine die.
THE PLATFORM.
The platform was written and drawn
up by Hon. John q. Carlisle and Henry
Watterson. That part which is of ma
tional interest, and which was adopted,
is as follows:
I'VE declare our confidence in the in
tegrity and conscientious devotion to
duty of President Grover Cleveland, and
congratulate the country and party upon
the accession of the Democratic admins
tratiOn, national, economic and clean,
and we particularly applaud the Presi-
dent for the fidelity and courage with
which he has protected the treasury from
pillage by his exercise of the veto power.
AGAINST CIVIL SERVICE REFORM.
We favor honest civil service reform.
by which We mean the enforcement of
faithful performance by the persons APP
pointed to- office of all the public duties
entrusted to them and to this end As well
as to the maintainence of the spirit of
our representative form of government
we demand the strictest measure of per-
sonal and party responsibility and are
opposed to the substitution i'm the room
of this of life tenure civil pension list
and all other appendages of the bureau
cratic system foreign to the genius of our
institutions and people.
We declare the honest money of the
Constitution good enough for the people
as expressed i'm gold and silver and pa
per convertible into coin on demand and
opposed to all sumptuary laws. We
contend that there are already on our
statute books sufficient general laws hav-
ing local application to- protect the pub
lie morals without infringing ON priv ate
rights.
BOUNTY SEEKERS.
We view with alarm the growing ten
dency among certain classes of citizens
to seek aid and bounty of the General
Government. and aS an incident of this
To enlarge the powers granted
To multiply powers never contemplated
by the Constitution. and We reassert the
time hOnOred Democratic doctrine that
all powers not delegated to the United
States are reserved to- the States respec-
lively or to the people.
TARIFF REFORM.
We denOunce the present war tariff
laid to- confuse as we'll as to- harrass peo-
people, as a masterpiece of injustice in
and false pretence. 1t has
been maintained by the selfish and false
theory of protection which robs the
many to enrich the few. 1t has piled up
in the Netional Treasury a surplus which
menaces the prosperity of all classes ami
every industry.
We demand the immediate reduction
Of this war tariff not merely AS an act of
redress To the people promised by all
parties hut as the only safe and Just
method of reducing the surplus, and in
making such reduction we demand.
further. that the taxes shall first he abOl-
ished or lowered upon the necessities of
life. and, finally. we reassert tina Constr
tutional and Democratic doctrine that
the taxes should be levied exclusively
for public purposes and limited to the re-
1uirements of the Government economI-
rally administered
DIDN'T KNOW 1T WAS LOADED.